I’m not sure in which county you lived. Different counties enforce the laws differently. And things change over time.
I live in Anne Arundel County, and not 10 years ago, portfolio review was a pain. But a couple of things happened. First, someone sued them over some of the policies that they were pursuing, and the county and state, once they saw they were facing a big loss in court, decided to settle the case amicably. Second, the guy who is in charge in our county, I guess, figured out that life can be easy. It doesn’t have to be hard. I think he figured out that he had potentially the easiest, most pleasant job in the school system - reviewing homeschoolers. All he had to do was recognize that the vast majority of homeschoolers do a very good job pretty much nearly every day.
“If the government schoolers are below average on their standardized exams, I think the government teachers, parents, and kids should be forced ( under threat of police action ) to report to a HOMESCHOOLER!”
LOL. I proposed that some time ago. Let the failed report to the successful, not vice versa. ;-)
“Please remember that behind every government teacher and school bureaucrat stands an armed policeman with real bullets in his gun on the hip!”
That’s true. That’s why I stated in my last post that I’d prefer to do away with compulsory education and school attendance laws.
But some people don’t think that ordinary Americans can be trusted with that sort of freedom.
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Part of the problem is that, as in so many other areas of life, the cost of irresponsibility has been shifted to the taxpayer. I don't know whether the chicken or the egg came first, but when we started allowing the government to "help" the unsuccessful, we made it a cheap option to be unsuccessful.
This is why my insanely radical proposal for education, employment, medical care, eating, whichever and whatall, is "Private pay or private charity."